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DOWN BY THE BIG DITCH
Trucks as Well as Autos to Be Shown in Omaha
The Fairy of the Skyscraper
Work on the Panama Canal Viewed
by Thousands.
LAST CHANCE TO SEE THE OUT
Whist May He Seen by- Tnnrliti Who
Knjor rlctnreaqu; Vnrlrty -Mnrvela
or the Englncer
InK Kent.
TTIE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE FEBRUARY. 2tf, 1913.
The water haa not been turned Into the
folK ditch at Pan&ma yet. But most of
the fools have. They are not exactly
frequent. Still their remarks come often
pt otiph to furnish amusement and season
the truth.
There Is the Englishman from Birming
ham, for example, who rocs about the
Tivoll hotel In Panama declaring "Why
we have It all at ' omo In the Manchester
canal."
There Is the smart Alec from New
York, who assorts over an Impossible
cocktail of unascertalnablo breed at the
Hotel Contrale that "any good American
contractor could havo done the Job It's
n little bigger than the rest, that's all."
Then there Is the. girl from Montclalr,
who looks out over the Gatuti dam an4
exclaims In disappointed tones: "Why,
I don't'call that a dam It's a mountain."
From whluh It Is easy to foresee what
will happen when the canal opens to
traffic ' two years' hence. For the
travelers with eyo and Imagination It
will still bo what It Is today the greatest
engineering work the world lias known.
Hut for the blind fools who accopt wire
less telegraphy and twenty-four knot
boats and sixty story skyscrapers as an
every day matter, It will be a nlno days'
wonder and then as liasty globe trotters
they will bo driven to complaining of tho
tlmo It costs "twelvo hours to go through
such a bore!"
None tho less, even If you have an eye
nnd an Imagination, now Is the thne. It
Is your last chance. Next summer tho
water will bo turned Into Culebra cut,
Gatun lako will have its full height, the
locks will bo filled, and the great work
will bo all but Invisible. Your keels will
be crossing the backbone of a continent,
and cunning, Invisible machinery will bo
talslng and lowering your 20,000-ton craft
as if it was a rowboat. Wonderful
enough. But the actual woilc of con
struction will bo ended and the signs of
Its greatness will be largely submerged.
lYou will never understand Just what a
I few thousand Americans did against time,
1,000 miles from home, in the pest hole,
of tho tropics. So go now!.
As a matter of fact there Is something
to be said for tho girl from MontcliUr. The
Gntun end of tho canal Is already so
nearly finished that It Is easy for any
one who takes a flying look at' the groat
dam to bo disappointed. Tho water of
Gatuti lake Is not far from Its full
height. The Junglo Is covering the dam.
It Is already -hard to realize that right
hero lies what was In the early days
v ratei ' the most dubious and dangerous
feature of tho whole canal.
: Sight-Seeing; Trains.
Iiet It bo sal'd at onco that a mere train
trip from Colon to Pananaa and back
again gives very little Idea of what tho
canal amounts tpx Fpr. o. . great, part . pf
tho, way tho railroad' dodges behind hills
unrljjJniHsos the most striking features of
thovwork. The sightseeing trains are an
other matter,. They are switched along
theSjjonstructlon tracks right through the
bottom of CUlebra cut and' are so ar
ranged by Colonel Goethals (the jhvell
litirttvn president of the Panama," Railroad
company) that In two days you can take-
in '(ho big features very comfortably. In
a fcek you can do everything talk to the
Hteatnshovels, walk through Culebra cut,
dig; for gold at old Panama and swim
with the pelicans at Taboga Island.
Another disappointment for tho super
ficial observer Is tho look of the country,
The 'casual American ;ocs to tho tropics
wltlihls hopes high. Ho is very sad over
tho' city of Colon, where ho docks. Any
body would be. The wuter is yellow, tho
town gay, tho land low. The train a per
fectly good American rattlers-hauls him
southward. Tho visitor looks out eagerly
for tho tropics of his ideal monkeys play.
Ing wlth.cocoanuts, purple, scarlet, emer-
aid' .blrda, "and tho vivid, mysterious
Jungle! lie sees a very tolerable replica
i of any New. Jersey bad lands, here a
1 swamp, there somo hummocky hills, and
A everywhere red clay. There are no mon-
keys, no vivid color, no Jungle that looks
particularly Jungleful. Here and there an
odd tree sticks up, looking llko a feather
duxter that has lost Its way. A palm tree,
you arc told or If It Is a particularly
stunted one, a banana tree. But so home'
like and untroplcal Is the rest of the land'
pcape that these few strangers out of the
geography look llko exotics set down In a
rather forlorn part of the old farm.
i no more you wanuer auoui, me jess
you think 'of New Jersey, For one thing
on tho credit side, it Is not nearly so hot
and uncomfortable For another, the
mosquito Is a rare bird. Then the Jungle
proves on closer acquaintance to be a
very real, and terrible thing. A?.d the
screencd-ln houses rather Japanesey In
the distance but very cagelike and secure
close to together with the freshly oiled
ditches running every which way suggests
very forcibly tho peril that lies all about,
By tho time you have talked with a few
of tho 5.C00 Americans on the zone and
especially with ono whose memory goes
bacli to tho fellow fever days before Colo
nel Gorgaa cleaned up tho Isthmus you
will, gain a much clearer respect for the
tropics and for what your fellow country
men are doing In them. It may look like
New Jersey. But it doesn't act like New
lersey, by a long shot.
Crcatnr of (ho Job.
And right hero you begin to touch thn
reul greatness of the Job of digging the
big ditch. It is not simply tho size of the
work. That Is only one of the factors
This enormous ht-alo Is hardly to be
I knitted at. In Itself It creates new engl
noerlng problems all along the line. And
not 'even those who ought to know realize
Just how hulking a Jldng the biggest o
all Jobs Is. Among the canal yarns float
lnff about the Caribbean Is the tale of an
Anifrioan admiral, who wirelessed fran
tloally to Colon for provisions. "Can you
spare me 60.000 pounds of rations?" h
asked. To which the quartermaster at
Colon Is supposed to have flashed back
"Small orders receive exactly the same
uttentlrn as large."
Hut size is only one of the factors that
go to make up tho unparalleled record at
Panama. Put It, rather, that we have
built the largest work over attempted by
snail and built it In a deadly pest hole
and built It at top speed and built It with
the highest efficiency and economy with
out a suggestion of graft anywhere.
Then you have a fair suggestion of the
reul achievement at Panama of what
5,000 white, men. have done there In the
iiatmi of America.
As you begin to realize all this you form
rome appreciation of the many things be
tides engineering that have gone to mk
aSASH -HODEL S. SPECIAL
not been for the mosquito experiment at
Cuba In 19C0, and tho discovery of the
source of yellow fever, the Panama canal
would never have been built or If built,
it would havo been at a cost of human
life that would havo staggered humanity.
Without Colonel Gorgas to clean up the
zone and make It as healthful as any city
n the states we should still be pouring)
lives and money into the big ditch with
the end still beyond calculation.
And after the sanitation of tho Isthmus
must come all that Colonel Goethals has
done to create tho spirit that pervades his
force. Literally, a civilization has been
transported 2,000 miles nnd set up com
plete In a Jungle. Hospitals, club houses,
the best of food and, not the leiwt, Justice
(administered personally by tho colonel
himself, Just to make sure, every Sunday
at his weekly hearing of complaints). All
this and much more has gone to produce
tho rare spirit of loyalty and devotion
that Is tho mark of tho I. C. C. workman.
be he engineer, steamshovel man or la
borer. The engineering feat at Panama Is won
derful. But still more marvelous Is the
feat of working 6,000 white men In the
tropics for six years, healthfully, happily
and with tho utmost efficiency. That Is
where Colonel Goethals, army engineer,
must take off his hat, first to Colonel
Gorgas, army surgeon, and, second, to
Colonel Goothals, governor, legislature
and Judiciary of tho cntlro Panama canal
zone.
As you come to see all this you also be
gin to understand tho now found respect
for America that is blowing about the
seven seas. Americans have been slow
to look outsldo their own borders. Open
Ing a continent and creating a new nation
was pernaps a sufficient task for one
century. But the tlmo 'has come when we
must look outward and the; Panama
canal seems destined to mark this turn'
Ing point In our national history. New-
York- Bun.
POETIC SIGNS OF PUBLICANS
Quaint and Curious IMiyinet) that
Attract Business to Old
ISnsllsh Inns.
Doggerel they may be considered by
some people, but there Is no doubt that
much amusement has been caused and
many customers attracted by the quaint
and curious rhymes which are often to bo
found adorning the walls and signposts
of our old inns. Poetical signboards for
public houses, of course, are, no. novelty,
For centuries, in fact, it has been the
custom of poetical publicans to crack a
Jest in rhyme for the amusement of cus
tomers and examples of these, effusions
are still to be seen.
It Is not often that 'public house signs
warn peoplo against the evil of drunken
ness, but tho little vlllago of Great Bud-
worth In Cheshire has such a curiosity
over tho doorway of the George and
Dragon is inscribed:
As St. George, In armed array,
Did the fiery dragon slay,
so mayest thou, with might no less,
Slay that dragon, .Drunkenness!
There aro several Inns which display
tho following lines on BignboardB which
take the form of a painted five-barred
gate:
This gate hangs high
And hinders none
Refresh and pay
And travel on.
A noted Inn In England, the White
Horse, bore on Its sign this illusion to
four other Inns Jn the Immediate locality:
My White Horso shall bite the Bear
And make the Angela fly;
Shall turn the ship bottom-side up,
And drink the three cups dry.
Very often, however, rhymes take the
form of warnings to customers who seek
to drink, but not to pay. Here are two or
three examples to be seen on! signboards
In various parts of the country:
ray toaay una trust tomorrow, .
You never know what man to trust:
Take my advice, don't ask or borrow,
SInco man to man Is so unjust.
Two other verses run as follows:
Sty beer Is good, my measure Just;
Excuse me, friends, I cannot trust.
Vron in ..ill truth n ihtnlr
Free to talk, free to drlnW,
Free to pay, free to stay. ,
Yet another runs;
Friendly Advice Drink moderately, pay
honorably, bo good company, part
friendly, go home quietly. Ixst these lines
bo no man's sorrow; pay today, and trust
tomorrow.
Until very recently. In Red Cross street,
Leicester, there was a sign depicting two
ldlotlo-Iooklntr Individuals drinking pots
of beer, with tho wording beneath, "We
three loggerheads be!" Who and where
the third "loggerhead" was has puzzled
not a few, and caused many a hearty
laugh when the solution dawned upon
tho questioner.
A little village Inn outside Gloucester
has a double-sided sign bearing the fol
lowing Hues, which suit both situations:
Before the hill you do go up.
Step tn and have a cheery cup.
On the other side It Is:
You're down the hill, all danger's past,
Come In and have a friendly glass,
The composer of the rhyme Inscribed on
the Chequers Inn, Yorkshire, was not a
dunce In his business, for the alluring
not In haste.
Step In and .taste
Ale tomorrow for nothing,
suggests boundless possibilities to the
thirsty. Things, however, aro not al.
JlLCO
SZ2T
coaxed inside by this generous call learns
to his sorrow that tomorrow Is alwuys
to come. London Tit-Bits.
THEY CALLED HIM- A FOOL
But it
Life of Snvrlflcc for -Mother
Proved Him the Rarest
of Men.
He said the other day that he Is the
only fool his family has ever produced.
If there was bitterness In this statement,
his quick laugh and accustomed boast of
unusual skill In "getting out of staying
-cooped up In school" disguised It.
His father and grandfather woro honor
men of their classes, and "Tho FooP 'as
a child had talked confidently of the time
when he would equal their records at the
same big college. By way of making that
easy, ho cautiously was honor boy In
his grade school work that Is, until 'ho
was 13 years old.
Then they carried his father homo ono
day, horribly Injured, and when a year
later his sufferings were over, "Tho Fool"
learned that his little mother had but
her tired hands to support herself, "Tho
Fool" and tho four younger children.
He could see but one thing to do, and
he did It. Big and strong and clean phys
ically, he soon got a "Job." Ho Btlll has
a "Job" after forty years. Ho Un't sure
how long he will bo ablo to keep It, for
Jobs, even more than positions, are hard
to hold after ono Is 64, and when one hns
worked since one was only It, often poorly
fed, often Insufficiently clothed, some
times fifteen hours out of twenty-four,
one Is not young at 64. But "Tho Fool"
Is not worrying about his' future. He
has realized for forty years that ho had
no future. "The kids now, ghat's dif
ferent. Dad would have gotten them tho
best."
They got It-tho kids. Only "The
Fool" works at "a Job." Tho others are
successes, educated, trained successes, nil
four of them. They are qulto fond of
"The Fool," They don't call him that.
They call him "Good old John," and arc
sorry sometimes they have somehow
left him so far behind. But then, "John
simply would not go to school. You
ought to hear him tell how he put It over
mother working for months, when she
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Why 275 Imperial
Were Sold at the New York and Chicago
A Remarkable Demonstration The enthusiasm
of the American Automobile-buying public reached its highest
ttajre at the exhibits of Imperial Can at the New York and
Chicago Automobile Shorn. 275 Imperial Can were (old at
these shows a great tribute to- a car that ha continuously
demonstrated its worth all over the United States.
Why the Imperial? Why Hid motorists, select
the Imperial? why was the Imperial the choice of so many
buyers at exhibitt whir mott of th difftrunt typt of
automobile manufactured were on ditplay? Heie't the
answer; Because the Imperial satisfactorily answered the ques
tions wh'ich every motorist is Interested in beauty, comfort,
readability, power, value. Because the Imperial represents the
"highest grade car .it is possible to build and is sold at a most
moderate price.
Its Reputation The Imperial Car was the subject
of such an enthusiastic endorsement at the show because of the
fact that back of its exceptional value is a reputation for quality
and service that has never 'varied Imperial Car have always
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did: but 'ho made the rest of us kids
keep at It. He was Just ormy about
working, and made us stick nt school,
Oh, well. It takes all kinds, you know!"
H there wns condescension in' this
summary of 'The Fool's" llf, tho dlttle
mother of them nil knew how unmerited
It was. 8ho Is proud of her four suc
cessful children, but the one she, most
regrets tlmt the father did not live tn
really know Is tho ono who comes homo
a little shnbby. a little bent, but, oh! go
brave and cherry each day from his
"Job." And she Is sure tlmt tho other
Father who hears her pray knows and
cares when she prays. "And comfort anil
bless tho noblest man In tho world."
Amoricen Magazine.
Unnkcr tlulps.
Success ran seldom bo bought on tho
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Tho breath of scandal Is the III wind
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Don't Htrlkn a man when he Is down.
lCvon an Idea will seldom do that.
It take a mighty wise man to bo truth
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There Is nothing In the world a man
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sturts an maltlntr a fool of himself. PhllaV
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Can for "making good" answer the question, "Why were
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Each day twenty-fivo of
ofii customers aro exempted
from payment ol! their lunch
check, no matter what the
amount. This little girl
draws the free numbers.
Will nhe smilo on you fo
day at Omaha's Smilo-Oor-nor,
I4tli and Farnam Sts.i
Woodmen Cafeteria
A smiling and satisfied
crowd daily hustling around
tho skyscraper corner.
Sanitary Homo Cooking.
You buy only the amount
ol lood you require.
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A Great Farm. Journal'
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motor: the beautiful,
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$1875
Imperial "33" Roadttar ,
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